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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2919 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL14, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. V |
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| 9 | 9 | | EASEYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 10 | 10 | | mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by |
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| 12 | 12 | | the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with- |
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| 13 | 13 | | in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Allocation 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | of Resources for Absurd Defense Expenditures Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ‘‘PARADE Act’’. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PA-7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | RADES. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | or otherwise made available for the Department of De-10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2919 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | fense or for the White House or the Executive Office of 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the President may be used for a covered parade. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) C |
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| 33 | 33 | | OVEREDPARADE.—In this section, the term 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘covered parade’’ means a parade that— 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) is sponsored by the Department of Defense 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | or by the White House or the Executive Office of the 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | President; and 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) is specifically commemorating or paying 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tribute to the current President. 9 |
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